Slavery

The historic Strayhorn House, originally built and owned by former slaves, will be awarded the plaque due to its significant role in Carrboro.

Field trips to plantations look a little different for Nash Central High School's APUSH class.

The school is hosting the Universities Studying Slavery consortium's biannual conference this week.

Greensboro native Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy-award-winning musician. She returned to North Carolina recently with an opera that she co-composed about the life of Omar ibn Said, a Muslim man who was enslaved in the state in the 1800s.

The centuries-long persecution of Native American and enslaved Black people in this country suppressed access to collective heritage. In Hillsborough, N.C., descendants of Native and Black North Carolinians are hoping newly discovered cemeteries will help spotlight their ancestors' legacies.

The Fayetteville City Council has voted to seek more community input on what to do with the Market House building after the U.S. Department of Justice held community meetings with limited capacity due to the pandemic.

The incident happened earlier this month at an elementary school in Goldston.

Tested producer Charlie Shelton-Ormond recently spoke with Kristen Johnson, investigative reporter for The Fayetteville Observer, about her latest series about the past, present and future of the Market House.

More than 150 years after the emancipation of African slaves in America, artifacts marking the treacherous journey people took through the Middle Passage are still being found.

The city’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $6 million that will go toward green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods. Durham intends to allocate money every year going forward.